National Strike Across France Continues: Draws Half a Million
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Capitalist News Interpreted /
29 Apr 2016
The situation in France shows the extent to which some populations will not put up with capitalists turning the work week back to 19th century conditions. Some good things about this strike are that it has gone on for days, it involves a cross-section of the population and it is occurring in many cities across the country.
REUTERS/Charles Platiau // L’Humanité
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Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.